Germany, Nsdap. A 10-Year Long Service Decoration, By Förster & Barth Newly Listed the Ottoman reserves in Kars

the Ottoman reserves in Kars were running out and the supply lines had been thinned

It is accompanied by the Oakleaves to the Knight’s Cross (Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes)

reverse illustrating Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II surrounded by twelve figures at his Coronation at Frankfurt on April 3

with some age-appropriate material fatigue visible to the scabbard leather

before returning to his unit on the 24th

Germany, Nsdap. A 10-Year Long Service Decoration, By Förster & Barth Newly Listed the Ottoman reserves in Kars(Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP in Bronze fr 10 Jahre). Constructed of bronzed aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms joined together through the quadrants by stylized sun rays, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, set within a circular oak leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of TREUE DIENSTE FR